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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 25, Issue 3766, 8 June 1936, Page 8

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TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE. . New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Company, Limited, Hamilton, report as follows on their tri-weekly Te Awamutu stock sale held on Thursday:—Fat and store cattle: This section was as usual filled to capacity. Medium class fat Jersey cows and store conditioned cows accounted for most of the entry, but several pens of ox beef and a good scattering of heavy quality cows were included. The sale for the heavier cattle was somewhat dragging and difficulty was experienced in selling to the satisfaction of vendors. Light fat store and boner cows were sought after at the prices current at Frankton from a good bench ’of exporters’ buyers. A good clearance was affected. We quote:—Light qualityox £8 to £9, poorer do to £7 15s, heavy fat dows £7 to £B, good quality S.H. cows £6 to £7, prime fat Jersey cows £4 10s to £5 ss, medium do £3 10s to £4 ss, light quality do £3 to £3 7s 6d, good conditioned store cows £2 10s to £3, others £2 2s to £2 Bs, heavy boners £1 14s to £2, others to 335, bulls £3 10s to £4 10s, young empty store cows and heifers £3 Is. Dairy cattle: Among a heavy entry of both cows and heifers were Messrs H. and S. Rhodes’ annual draft of good conditioned well-grown dairy heifers, which were also mostly due early. These attracted the attention of the many buyers, principally, but the keen enquiry for dairy cattle was general, and all shared in consistently strong competition. Messrs Rhodes’ heifers averaged £6, the best realising £B. We quote: Best quality dairy heifers £6 15s to £B, medium sorts £6 to £6 10s, plainer £5 5s to £6, late and small up to £5, good types of dairy cows £5 to £6, others to £4 15s. Sheep: All sheep entered sold well. Fat lambs and breeding ewes comprised about threefourths of the entry, the balance being fat ewes and wethers and store lambs. Scheduled rates were fully equalled for fat lambs, while local butchers were keen after grown sheep, right up to Frankton rates. Breeding ewes sold satisfactorily, while lambs of store quality drew very brisk bidding. A total clearance was affected. We quote:—-Ex-tra prime lambs 25s to 28s, heavy fat lambs £1 2s to £1 4s, medium 19s to £1 Is 6d, forward 18s to 19s, prime wethers 25s to 30s, medium 21s to 245, heavy ewes 16s to 18s 6d, others to 15s, breeding ewes f.m. 17s Rd to 19s, inferior to 16s 6d, good lambs 14s to 16s, small 13s. Pigs: All classes were entered in much smaller numbers than usual. Porkers and baconers sold readily without noticeable change, store and weaner pigs due to insufficient for requirements being entered, sold above quotations of other centres this week. We quote: Heavy baconers £3 Is to £3 7s, medium £2 15s to £3, light £2 7s 6d to £2 15s, heavy porkers £2 Is to £2 6s, light £1 14s to £1 18s, well grown store pigs 18s to 22s 6d, medium 14s to 18s, slips 12s to 13s, weaners 9s to Ils. MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Hamilton, report on their weekly' Morrinsville stock sale, held on Friday, as follows: In the earlier pens there were yarded a small number of quality beef cows. The usual store and boner cow pens were well filled. For these there was a good strong tone to the market, while for the heavier cows a very brisk sale took place. Values accordingly for prime stock were better, light Jerseys and stores maintaining former levels. Sheep were in keen demand but a small yarding only of odd lots were entered. Pigs were penned in moderate supply and prices did not vary to any noticeable extent. We quote: Heavy prime S.H. cross ccws £6 2s 6d to £6 18s, prime S.H. cows £5 5s to £6, heavy fat Jersey cows £3 12s 6d to £4 10s, medium do £3 5s to £3 12s 6d, light £2 15s to £3 2s 6d, store cows £2 7s 6d to £2 14s, boners heavy 35s to £2 ss, rough to 345, good conditioned ewe lambs 20s lid, forward store conditioned lambs 15s to 17s 3d, f.m. breeding ewes plain 15s to 17s 6d, inferior 14s, medium baconers £2 Ils to £2 15s, light do and heavy porkers £2 4s to £2.105, medium porkers 32s to 38s, store pigs 16s to 21s, others 14s to 16s, best weaners 9s to 12s, small to Bs.